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In the news today: An Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing displaced Palestinians kills at least 40 people, Palestinian officials say; Harris and Trump are worlds-apart on top issues; and the recent Georgia school shooting stirs debate about safe gun storage laws. Also, this fall you can make your own delicious spread from the season’s favorite fruit.    

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Muwasi, Gaza Strip on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

WORLD NEWS

An Israeli strike on a Gaza humanitarian zone tent camp kills at least 40 people, Palestinians say

An Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others early Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it targeted “significant” Hamas militants, allegations denied by the militant group. Read more.

Key points:

• The strikes were among the deadliest yet in Muwasi, a sprawl of crowded tent camps along the Gaza coast that Israel designated as a humanitarian zone for civilians.
  
  

• An Associated Press camera operator saw three large craters at the scene, where first responders and displaced people were sifting through the sand and rubble with garden tools and their bare hands by the light of mobile phones. They pulled body parts from the sand.
  
  

• The Israeli military said it had struck Hamas militants who were operating in a command-and-control center. It said its forces used precise munitions, aerial surveillance and other means to avoid civilian casualties. Hamas released a statement denying any militants were in the area. Neither Israel nor Hamas provided evidence to substantiate their claims.

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POLITICS

Harris and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues

This year’s presidential race is a genuine contest of ideas between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump — with clear differences on taxes, abortion, immigration, global alliances, climate change and democracy itself. Read more.

Why this matters:

• Harris has pledged to chart a new way forward even as she has embraced many of his ideas. She wants middle class tax cuts, tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations, a restoration of abortion rights and a government that aggressively addresses climate change, among other stances.
  
  

• Trump wants to accomplish much of what he couldn’t do during a term that was sidetracked by the global pandemic. The Republican wants the extension and expansion of his 2017 tax cuts, a massive increase in tariffs, more support for fossil fuels and a greater concentration of government power in the White House. 
  
  

• The two candidates have spelled out their ideas in speeches, advertisements and other venues. Many of their proposals lack specifics, making it difficult to judge exactly how they would translate their intentions into law or pay for them.

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• Trump’s rhetoric on elections turns ominous as voting nears in the presidential race
  
  
• AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Republicans are more likely to trust Trump than official election results

U.S. NEWS

Georgia school shooting stirs debate about safe storage laws for guns

Just a couple of weeks ago, a special panel of Georgia state senators convened to study potential laws aimed at keeping firearms safely locked up and out of the hands of children. A day after a 14-year-old was charged in a deadly shooting at his Georgia high school, that same panel gathered again. The lawmakers are still talking about the issue because — like many state legislatures across the U.S. — they have been unable to agree if gun safety measures provide a solution to mass shootings. Read more.

Why this matters:

• A recent report by the RAND Gun Policy in America Initiative found supportive evidence that safe gun-storage laws reduce firearm injuries and deaths among youth. A total of 26 states have laws requiring gun owners to lock up firearms or penalizing them if a child gains access to an unsecured gun, according to Everytown for Gun Safety. Georgia is not among them.
  
  

• In some states, concerns about the potential for someone to cause harm with a gun can provide grounds for authorities to temporarily remove firearms from a home. Twenty-one states have extreme risk protection laws, sometimes referred to as red-flag laws. Georgia is not among them, and resistance to such laws has grown in Republican-led legislatures.

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• Many questions still loom over timeline of Georgia school shooting
  
  
• Hawaii can ban guns on beaches, an appeals court says
  
  
• Law enforcement leans on 3D-printer industry to help thwart machine gun conversion devices

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A CHANGE OF PACE

A recipe for apple butter. (Cheyenne Cohen via AP) 

There’s no butter in apple butter, but it spreads deliciously
For many of us, fall cooking has to include apples. This year, you can make your own concentrated puree of autumn’s favorite fruit in this slow-cooked, thick, apple spread that can be swiped across toast, muffins, and more, in place of butter.

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